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Table top/board games
« on: December 20, 2013, 08:18:53 AM »
Growing up, my family as well as my wive's family, both had a closet full of board games. From Sorry to Jenga, to Monopoly and Chinese Checkers. You name it, we probably had it.  So my wifu and I are looking at doing something similar with the obvious current games twist.

I'm in the process of printing Paul's card game, so we are covered in that dept, and I found this little gem as well.






you guys play table top/Board games?

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Re: Table top/board games
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2013, 08:25:05 AM »
Richard Garfield did King of Tokyo?

I wonder how much MANA I have to tap to summon Gojira...

And yeah- board games are great times!

Cattan, Rails, Naval Wars, Life, Sorry, Monopoly, Ninja Burger or "Are you a werewolf"  are great times!!  Sometimes board/card games are the best filler time when we're waiting for the rest of our gaming party to arrive.

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Re: Table top/board games
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2013, 08:30:07 AM »
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Re: Table top/board games
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2013, 08:30:52 AM »
KING OF TOKYO ROCKS!

I lOVE TABLE TOP GAMES ... although not as much as obey

Other suggestions:
Quirkle
Takenoko - spelling might be off <- serious fun
Settlers of Catan
Munchkin
Shadows over Camelot
Apples to Apples
Robo Ralley

One of my favortie you tube series is Wil Wheaton's Table Top:  I think most of those games have been on there

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Re: Table top/board games
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2013, 09:03:57 AM »
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« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2013, 09:05:14 AM »
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« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2013, 09:06:01 AM »
Can someone please list some good co-op board games that I can write down for a later date.
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Re: Table top/board games
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2013, 09:14:54 AM »
Not really a board game but I am playing Cards against humanity.  It's a card game but "damn," this game is bad ass.
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« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2013, 09:56:33 AM »
Can someone please list some good co-op board games that I can write down for a later date.

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Re: Table top/board games
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2013, 10:04:15 AM »
I like Tales of the Arabian Nights, Mice and Mystics, Cosmic Encounter, and Fags all over my face
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Re: Table top/board games
« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2013, 12:30:25 PM »
Screwball Scramble is the shit. The goal is to beat it as quickly as possible.


It's kinda like a real video game...

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Re: Table top/board games
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2013, 05:36:08 AM »
When I am looking to play something a little more deep with a group of guys that are like-minded, I will usually pull out Risk 2210 and it is a big hit.  We played Zombies for a while, but Risk typically wins out when determining what we want to play.

When playing games with the family, old faithful is Yahtzee.  My favorite "family" board game is Scattergories, but I think it is because I am approximately 232-0 lifetime playing this game.

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« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2013, 05:28:53 PM »
Settlers of Catan is great if you can get 3 or more players.  I love it.

Good 2+ player games (often it's just my wife and me...)

Carcassonne
Settlers of Catan Card game (games can be long, but we've played this one a bunch over the years)
Ticket to Ride (though it gets better with more players - we often play it with our 5 yr old)
Java
Mexica
Forbidden Island (more players = more fun)
Castle Panic (again more players = more fun)
Quiddler (fun word-creating card game)

Forbidden Island and Castle Panic are both co-op games that are easy to learn by non-gamers (I've brought them both to work for "team-building excercises")

Not that I'm a shill for Amazon (some of the ones that fetch a higher price you can probably find on the cheap off ebay), but I thought you may like to see some other reviews of these games to see if they'd fit your play-style.

Those are the ones that came off the top of my head, though if you're looking for some specific type of game, let me know and I may have other suggestions.  All of those I play with my wife, most I play with my son (who's 5) and I've played most of those with other nerdy friends and non-gamer friends.

I'll save my truly nerdy game list for another time :)
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Re: Table top/board games
« Reply #13 on: December 22, 2013, 02:40:46 PM »
Lmao @ arkface

Some awesome recommendations.  Thank you all.

I found a D&D clue and a couple of themed Risk boards that look fun. Digging the Metal Gear board.

This weekend my 5yr old my 2.5 yr old and my wife played, mancala, jenga, chutes n ladders and candy land! Great times!

Rolfmao, dude!  Yes please, looking for some more current family games. Our collection of classics is pretty complete.

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Re: Table top/board games
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2013, 04:13:14 AM »
No love for Hero Quest?

I haven't seen this in years.
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